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Congress drops `Jai Ho` as its poll campaign song

2009-05-06 18:40:00
Last Updated: 2009-05-06 19:20:32

New Delhi: After aggressively using Oscar-winning tune 'Jai Ho' for its election campaign across the country, the Congress has dumped the slogan in the last phases of elections.

"This is no longer being used. There are different advertisement modules for different phases," party mediadepartment chief M Veerappa Moily told to reporters here.

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'Jai Ho', composed by music director A R Rahman forthe film 'Slumdog Millionaire, won the Oscar and was thetheme campaign song of the Congress in its advertisementsfor the 2009 general elections.

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Opposition BJP had retaliated by composing its ownsong called "Bhay Ho" -- to ridicule claims of the Congress.

 
 
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Posted by sam on May 07,2009 06:59 AM
both thr parties are insulting Rahman
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